On the question
of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to
reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?

Too much

35%

33%

36%

38%

33%

35%

35%

35%

35%

40%

17%

53%

33%

17%

35%

64%

30%

39%

20%

37%

33%

43%

43%

35%

30%

33%

38%

Too
little

40%

46%

35%

32%

45%

44%

40%

38%

45%

37%

60%

21%

42%

62%

36%

14%

46%

37%

58%

41%

39%

31%

33%

36%

48%

42%

38%

About
right

18%

16%

19%

21%

16%

15%

19%

17%

14%

15%

21%

16%

17%

18%

20%

15%

18%

18%

18%

19%

20%

16%

15%

21%

17%

17%

18%

Not
sure

7%

5%

9%

10%

6%

6%

7%

10%

6%

8%

3%

10%

8%

3%

10%

7%

7%

7%

4%

3%

8%

10%

10%

7%

5%

7%

6%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

In trying to
control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers
use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only
legal workers for U.S. jobs?

Yes

64%

66%

61%

54%

69%

70%

66%

62%

58%

57%

82%

52%

59%

79%

60%

48%

65%

63%

74%

63%

64%

58%

58%

64%

68%

64%

66%

No

22%

21%

22%

31%

16%

19%

21%

23%

28%

19%

8%

32%

24%

9%

24%

39%

20%

23%

15%

20%

24%

25%

31%

20%

17%

23%

19%

Not
sure

14%

12%

16%

15%

15%

12%

14%

15%

14%

24%

10%

16%

17%

11%

16%

13%

15%

14%

11%

17%

12%

16%

11%

16%

15%

13%

15%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you
strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving
lifetime work permits to most of the approximately two million illegal
residents who came to this country when they were minors?

Strongly
favor

34%

34%

34%

36%

32%

38%

33%

37%

36%

37%

17%

50%

34%

18%

37%

59%

30%

37%

25%

33%

35%

39%

41%

36%

30%

31%

40%

Somewhat
favor

27%

29%

25%

32%

24%

22%

25%

34%

28%

28%

26%

27%

27%

28%

28%

25%

25%

28%

22%

27%

29%

28%

28%

27%

26%

29%

25%

Somewhat
oppose

16%

16%

17%

14%

19%

16%

18%

13%

17%

7%

25%

9%

17%

22%

18%

6%

20%

15%

19%

21%

16%

13%

10%

18%

19%

17%

16%

Strongly
oppose

16%

18%

15%

11%

19%

20%

17%

12%

17%

18%

28%

7%

15%

28%

10%

7%

17%

15%

30%

15%

13%

11%

14%

14%

20%

17%

15%

Not
sure

6%

4%

9%

8%

6%

4%

7%

5%

2%

11%

4%

6%

8%

4%

7%

4%

8%

5%

5%

4%

7%

8%

7%

5%

6%

6%

5%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you
strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving
lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents
of all ages who currently reside in the United States?

Strongly
favor

23%

23%

23%

27%

21%

24%

21%

33%

28%

25%

11%

36%

21%

14%

22%

40%

24%

24%

19%

19%

25%

27%

32%

24%

18%

22%

27%

Somewhat
favor

22%

23%

21%

26%

20%

21%

23%

19%

22%

30%

17%

28%

22%

13%

30%

29%

19%

25%

16%

21%

23%

27%

24%

23%

21%

22%

24%

Somewhat
oppose

18%

18%

18%

20%

16%

18%

19%

19%

16%

8%

22%

14%

19%

23%

18%

11%

21%

16%

19%

23%

18%

15%

13%

18%

20%

19%

15%

Strongly
oppose

29%

31%

27%

17%

37%

34%

30%

24%

30%

25%

47%

14%

28%

47%

23%

12%

30%

29%

42%

30%

28%

22%

24%

27%

35%

30%

29%

Not
sure

7%

4%

10%

9%

6%

3%

7%

5%

4%

12%

4%

8%

9%

3%

7%

7%

7%

7%

4%

7%

7%

9%

6%

8%

6%

7%

5%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Which is
closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each
year -- fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or
more than one and a half million?

Fewer than
500,000

32%

31%

33%

22%

36%

42%

33%

35%

27%

24%

49%

20%

27%

49%

25%

14%

40%

26%

46%

30%

29%

26%

27%

29%

37%

33%

29%

750,000

13%

15%

12%

17%

12%

10%

11%

19%

20%

14%

12%

15%

13%

17%

13%

9%

16%

12%

14%

13%

17%

11%

15%

12%

14%

15%

10%

One
million

19%

23%

15%

20%

16%

23%

19%

21%

14%

20%

17%

18%

22%

18%

20%

20%

16%

21%

19%

18%

19%

19%

22%

20%

17%

19%

18%

One
an a half million

9%

8%

10%

11%

8%

9%

9%

6%

8%

9%

6%

12%

8%

4%

9%

17%

7%

10%

6%

8%

7%

12%

10%

8%

9%

8%

13%

More
than one and a half million

12%

13%

11%

11%

13%

9%

12%

6%

17%

8%

5%

17%

14%

4%

15%

21%

8%

14%

5%

14%

13%

14%

14%

13%

9%

11%

14%

Not
sure

15%

11%

20%

20%

15%

8%

15%

13%

13%

25%

11%

19%

17%

8%

18%

18%

13%

17%

10%

16%

14%

19%

11%

17%

15%

14%

16%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Do you favor
legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor
children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult
relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses'
families?

You favor
legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor
children

56%

61%

52%

45%

62%

62%

59%

51%

55%

41%

76%

41%

54%

74%

53%

36%

60%

54%

75%

57%

60%

43%

54%

53%

60%

57%

56%

You
favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include
extended family and their spouses' families

34%

32%

37%

43%

29%

31%

32%

40%

37%

43%

16%

51%

34%

18%

36%

59%

30%

38%

18%

30%

35%

46%

39%

37%

31%

35%

35%

Not
sure

9%

7%

11%

12%

9%

6%

9%

9%

8%

16%

9%

8%

12%

7%

11%

5%

10%

9%

7%

13%

5%

12%

7%

10%

9%

8%

8%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

When businesses
say they are having trouble finding Americans to take jobs in construction,
manufacturing, hospitality and other service work, what is generally best for
the country?Is it better for
businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans
even if it causes prices to rise, or is it better for the government to bring
in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down?

Better for
businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans
even if it causes prices to rise

59%

62%

56%

51%

63%

64%

61%

56%

54%

52%

68%

55%

53%

70%

51%

55%

61%

58%

70%

59%

55%

56%

60%

52%

65%

61%

57%

Better
for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business
costs and prices down

23%

23%

23%

28%

20%

21%

22%

23%

30%

25%

16%

28%

25%

15%

30%

29%

19%

26%

16%

25%

28%

23%

23%

27%

20%

22%

26%

Not
sure

18%

15%

21%

21%

17%

14%

18%

21%

15%

23%

16%

17%

22%

15%

20%

16%

20%

16%

15%

16%

17%

22%

16%

21%

15%

17%

17%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Should Congress
increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does
the country already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most
of those jobs?

Increase
the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs

29%

33%

26%

41%

23%

24%

27%

30%

37%

37%

17%

44%

24%

21%

30%

44%

25%

32%

23%

26%

34%

33%

40%

28%

25%

28%

34%

The
country already has enough talented people to train and recruit for most of
those jobs

55%

54%

57%

42%

62%

64%

57%

54%

51%

46%

72%

38%

58%

70%

54%

35%

63%

51%

66%

54%

55%

49%

48%

53%

61%

58%

50%

Not
sure

15%

13%

17%

17%

16%

12%

16%

16%

12%

16%

11%

17%

17%

10%

16%

20%

12%

17%

11%

20%

11%

18%

12%

19%

14%

14%

16%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

The Census
Bureau projects that current immigration policies are responsible for most
U.S. population growth and will add 75 million people over the next 40 years.
In terms of the effect on the overall quality of life in the United States,
do you favor continuing this level of immigration-driven population growth,
slowing down immigration-driven population growth or having no
immigration-driven population growth at all?

Continue
immigration driven population growth at the current levels

36%

38%

34%

42%

31%

34%

36%

32%

38%

40%

21%

49%

34%

21%

34%

62%

30%

40%

27%

30%

36%

43%

49%

38%

27%

34%

40%

Slow
down immigration driven population growth

41%

41%

42%

35%

45%

46%

41%

45%

43%

33%

53%

31%

42%

54%

44%

23%

44%

40%

48%

48%

46%

32%

36%

40%

46%

43%

40%

Have
no immigration driven population growth at all

13%

14%

13%

11%

15%

13%

14%

10%

13%

13%

20%

8%

13%

20%

11%

6%

17%

11%

18%

13%

10%

13%

10%

10%

18%

14%

11%

Not
sure

10%

7%

12%

12%

9%

7%

9%

13%

6%

14%

6%

12%

11%

5%

11%

10%

9%

9%

7%

9%

7%

13%

5%

12%

9%

9%

9%

Total

Gender

Age

Race

Party

Ideology

Education

Religion

Where do you live?

Income

LV's

Men

Women

18-39

40-64

65+

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

Republican

Democrat

Other

Conservative

Moderate

Liberal

No college degree

College degree

Evangelical Christian

Protestant

Catholic

Other

Major city

Suburbs

Small City/Town/Rural

Less than $100K

$100K+

Should
immigration-driven population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of
cities into U.S. wildlife habitats and farmland?